Quality Manager

Kennametal, Inc.•New Market, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position will cover job functions for the quality department responsible for compliance to the Quality Management System for the campus as well as the day-to-day activities and development of the quality team members. This includes customer satisfaction (complaints, response time, ePPM) and financial performance of Quality (COPQ) Customer Satisfaction – Approve on-time 8D’s to customers after quality events which impact customers. Identify projects for continuous improvement and work with cross-functional team to execute. Job may require frequent contact with customer personnel to align responses and drive customer intimacy Financial Performance of Quality (COPQ) – Utilize MRB process to drive problem solving to prevent recurrence on major issues. Identify projects for continuous improvement and work with cross-functional team to execute Quality Management System –Maintain policies, procedures, control plans, failure catalogs, audits, metrology, et al, in a way that fosters an atmosphere of compliance on campus and continually improves customer satisfaction and quality financial performance Flawless launch & change – Ensures team is engaged so that risks are identified and mitigated ahead of launch for newly developed product or process or product changes on the campus Daily execution – This is a critical leadership role requiring significant hands-on tactical leadership engaged with all levels of the organization in addition to the long-term strategic responsibilities expected of a Quality Manager. The candidate must be prepared to be a fully engaged, working leader

Requirements

Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
Must be able to use required computer software including but not limited to SAP, Microsoft Office.
3-5 years of experience required.
Requires Bachelors Degree or equivalent industry experience.
Knowledge of ISO standards and requirements
Must be able to use gages and measurement devices that determine compliance to drawing and product specifications. Must be able to retrieve and interpret drawings & specifications
Must be able to read and understand insert identification chat, routings and operating procedures. Must be able to determine insert defect criteria with product engineering.
Applies experience and skills to complete assigned work within own area of expertise (core tools)
Works within standard operating procedures and/or scientific methods

Nice To Haves

Six Sigma, ASQ Certification, CQE preferred

Responsibilities

Ensures an effective organizational structure and sufficient staffing for the quality department on the campus. Leads the day-to-day activities of the quality team and promotes a culture of quality ownership among all cross-functions on the campus through strategic development and communication
Maintain the Quality Management System (ISO 9001) of the site. Engage with regional and global QMS leadership to ensure conformance to business segment & corporate procedures
Shares in the overall improvement metrics of the site to ensure quality targets are not sacrificed and a joint effort is made toward resource optimization and utilization
Identifies & supports training initiatives for work force on the campus – in and out of quality department
Supports regional and global strategic quality initiatives on the campus
Approve and execute (LPA) product & process audits aimed to drive standardization of jobs. The ability to communicate and coach closure of process and inspection non-conformances is required
Facilitate on-time response to customer complaints through approving 8D’s generated by a cross-functional team led by a quality engineer. Diagnose top level causes of customer complaints to drive continuous improvement efforts on the campus and project manage with the cross functional team to ensure execution. Personal leadership of high impact customer complaints may be required. Candidate must successfully navigate potential applications issues between the customer & Kennametal engineering/sales orgs
Facilitate root cause and corrective action for high impact scrap events coming from the MRB process. This can include events which did not go through the MRB process
Approves changes to policies, procedures, control plans, failure catalogs, audits and defined metrology methods to support continuous improvement on the campus
Work with cross-functional team to address systemic root causes for top quality costs for the campus. This includes open communication and potential travel to customers and/or other KMT sites to find read across opportunities
Analyzes statistical and QCPC data from processes to identify proactive continuous improvement opportunities
Approves & performs layered process audits (LPA) and works with cross functional team on root cause / corrective actions activities from findings to improve customer and financial performance proactively
Responsible for flawless launch of new product on the campus. This also includes verification of effectiveness of changes to existing product or processes and customer specific or regulatory requirements
Investigates trends in inspection technologies and work with mfg eng, operations, and corporate quality to implement in capital strategy
Performs tasks utilizing quality core tools (root cause analysis, FMEA, Control Plan, SPC, LPA, MSA, DOE, etc)
Must be able to create process documents and audit processes to requirements, openly communicating findings
Must be able to work within cross functional teams through complex tasks exercising strong written and verbal communication skills
Must be able to communicate effectively with various levels of the organization (operators, supervision, plant leadership, engineering, quality management, operational excellence management, director levels) and customers
Basic project management skills required to drive actions which are agreed cross-functionally to drive targeted improvement